Getinge Sets Its Biggest Deal
With Accord to Buy Huntleigh

Getinge AB of Sweden said it agreed to buy Huntleigh Technology PLC for &pound;409 million ($799 million) to add the U.K. company's hospital-beds business to its patient-lifting technology.

The two companies said they agreed for Getinge to pay 480 pence a share in cash, a 28% premium to Huntleigh's closing share price on Thursday. The deal is the largest ever by the Swedish medical-equipment firm, which also supplies hospitals...